Queer Pilgrimage

Anne Lister, Gentleman Jack , and Locating Community

Bibliographic Data

ID12459448
AuthorsSarah Wingrove (0000-0002-8059-1490, University of Surrey, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume26
Issue4
Pages449-457
Publication date2022-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Lesbian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1089-4160 • E-ISSN: 1540-3548
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10894160.2022.2130534
PMID36256904
OpenAlexW4306724284
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

Queer pilgrimage is a journey made by an individual or a group to a location, permanent or transitory, which bears relevance to the lives, cultures, and politics of queer people. It is undertaken for the pilgrim/s to feel an affinity with the space itself through emotional and/or physical proximity. Since Gentleman Jack first aired in 2019, acts of queer pilgrimage have increased substantially to key sites associated with Lister, including to Shibden Hall (her ancestral home), Halifax, York, and beyond. In this article I draw upon two forms of queer pilgrimage in relation to Anne Lister. The first is this substantial increase in tourism and attraction to sites associated with Lister. The second is the queer pilgrimage Lister herself undertook in 1822 to the Ladies of Llangollen at their home, Plas Newydd.In drawing out these two comparatively, I propose that historical and contemporary forms of queer pilgrimage have more in common than may initially be apparent, namely a commonality between the queer pilgrims of the 19 th and 21 st centuries around a desire for community

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Pilgrim · Pilgrimage · Political science · Politics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical and Scientific Studies · Historical Art and Culture Studies · History · Law · Travel Writing and Literature

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